According to TechCrunch, one of the members of Hacker’s Group Anonymous, (AnonymousUs3r), has taken responsibility for this attack.

GoDaddy’s people are working to repair the issue, but for now if you are looking for hosting options which are the best alternatives to GoDaddy, I have compiled a list which you can refer to if you choose to move your site away from GoDaddy.

Along with websites, email services and those using GoDaddy’s DNS for their domains, all users are facing downtime, as confirmed by GoDaddy’s Twitter site:

Since, there is no ETA on how much time it will take to get your sites on GoDaddy’s servers back up and running, many GoDaddy alternative sites are coming up with special offers and support for GoDaddy customers facing downtime issues.

GoDaddy alternatives for hosting and domain registrar:

One reason I don’t like GoDaddy is their super cluttered dashboard. They do offer tons of features, but a normal user will find it complicated. They really should offer a simple version of their dashboard for non-power users.

If you are planning to transfer domains away from GoDaddy, NameCheap is your most reliable options. In a short time, they have created a brand name for themselves, and they offer all of the features included with GoDaddy domains.

Web hosting Alternative for Godaddy:

As a hosting alternative to GoDaddy’s hosting service, there are many options, depending on which plan you are moving from. If you are moving from a shared hosting package and need to host 3-5 WordPress blogs or static sites, Bluehost, InMotionHosting and Hostgator are the ideal choices. I have used both of these hosting services, and they offer great support, and in most cases you will see 99.99% up-time.

Bluehost hosting also offers one free domain with their hosting plans, offering additional savings. If you are looking for a hosting based in U.S.A which also offers free migration, you should stick to InMotionHosting. They offer free website migration & based out of Los Angeles. Along with this, they would renew your domain for free.

How about you? Have you experienced downtime on your GoDaddy sites, or have your sites not been affected? Let me know your experience. And if you have transitioned to a new hosting service, let me know which web hosting service you have chosen as an alternative to GoDaddy.

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Here is the catch, if your DNS name is hosted on GoDaddy and you don’t have your DNS transferred to HostGator, you still will suffer the outage, not only hosted sites, but those who purchased domains at GoDaddy and are using GoDaddy as the DNS servers are also down, so make sure you transfer your DNS hosting as well to whatever hosting provider you end up with.

Also, any hosting provider is subject to same outage, none would be immune, GoDaddy was just the big target, but the type of attack would bring down any of the hosting providers if done against them.